May 10, 2020 (SSNN) – A traditional chief in South Sudan’s Warrap state has claimed that the South Sudan army loyal to President Salva Kiir Mayardit was forcefully recruiting youth into its file raising concerns over the government’s commitment to the revitalized peace agreement. Speaking to Nyamilepedia from Tonj South county this morning, the traditional chief said they have been […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny met, on Sunday, leaders of Other Opposition Parties (OPP) at his office in Juba to discuss the delayed formation of state governments, a spokesman said this morning. James Gatdet Dak, the Press Secretary at the Office of the First Vice President, said the opposition leaders who […]
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By Muslim Gore, May 10, 2020(SSNN) — If someone were to ask the average South Sudanese in any city, region or country about the Founding Fathers of South Sudan, the answer they would receive would be almost identical to one another in every single case. Why is that? Because the history has been buried by the current SPLM Party in […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) –The International Criminal Court said on Saturday, that it was “still awaiting a formal commitment and a serious move” from the Sudanese authorities to ensure that former president Omar al-Bashir and four other members of his regime appear in the Hague-based court to face justice. Al-Bashir, who was overthrown by the military in 2019 after a […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) — The National Salvation Front (NAS) led by General Thomas Cirilo has said South Sudan army continues to carry out more atrocities in the country’s Central Equatoria state. According to NAS Press release, the army is conducting assaults on their positions. The holdout rebel group has accused the army and the SPLA-IO forces of launching offensives […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) — A high-level delegation of the African Union (AU) has urged South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, and first vice president, Dr. Riek Machar, to resolve the deadlock over the allocation of states. This came after the parties failed to agree on the matter following months-long talks to divide states governments which would allow for the appointment […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) – The United Nations has blamed South Sudan’s increased inter-communal violence on the delayed formation of state governments by the parties to revitalized peace agreement urging the country’s leaders to complete the outstanding tasks in the 2018 peace deal in order to bring lasting peace in the war-torn nation. The United Nations leadership in South Sudan […]
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May 9, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has been asked by a group of intellectuals from Jonglei state to create another administrative area there. This came after the presidency issued a communique in which it said Jonglei state, alongside Western Bahr el-Ghazal and Western Equatoria, will be allocated to the SPLM-IO as part of a provision […]
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May 9, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan President, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayatdit, has exhausted all his patience allowing his first deputy and SPLM-IO chairman, Dr. Riek Machar, make important decisions, a close aide to Kiir said Saturday. This comes a day after a plan by president Kiir to divide states between the parties to the revitalized peace agreement was rejected […]
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May 9, 2020 (SSNN) – A senior member of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Said Bandas, the deputy chairperson of the SPLM-IO Youth League, said in a video he posted on his Facebook timeline that he was among a group of 30 people who tested positive for the virus on […]
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By Dr. Remember Miamingi, May 9, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — According to a statement by the ‘Presidency’ of South Sudan issued on 7 May 2020, the Presidency resolved to allocate states amongst the Parties to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS). However, minutes after the statement of the Presidency, the 1st Vice […]
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May 9, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, has hinted at accepting a plan by president Salva Kiir to divide the states, calls for compromises and reiterates his commitment to the revitalized peace agreement. On Thursday the Minister in the office of President Salva Kiir, Hon. Mayiik Ayii Deng, said that the parties had […]
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May 9, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s Ministry of Finance and Planning approves 30 millions South Sudanese pound, which is more than 1 million US Dollar, for burial rite for the son of minister Hon. Salvatore Garang Mabior, The approval came within less than 24 hours following the death of the Minister’s son, leaving doubts on how much was spent on […]
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May 08, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s new minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Salvatore Garang Mabiordit, orders for at least 4 million SSP to be paid for his “house service and emergency funds” every month; According to a leaked document extended to South Sudan News Now, the Minister orders the Undersecretary to put this request in their monthly bills and […]
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May 8, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan coronavirus cases on Friday jumped to 120 following the announcement by the ministry of health this afternoon that thirty (3) more people have tested positive for the virus. The latest development has raised fears of a rapid spread of the virus as President Salva Kiir Mayardit ordered on Thursday that measures put in […]
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May 8, 2020 (SSNN) – The UN Refugee Agency in South Sudan has said that it commends the unity government in the country for continuing to welcome people seeking refuge from the Democratic Republic of Congo and stands in solidarity with the South Sudanese government. UNHCR commends the Transitional Government of National Unity for its continued generosity to allow people […]
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May 8, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s National Democratic Movement (NDM) led by Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin has rejected a decision by president Salva Kiir’s office claiming that the parties have agreed to the allocation of states. The opposition group said it was surprised by the presidency statement because the matter was not resolved based on the revitalized peace agreement. […]
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May 8, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s SPLM-IO has condemned a decision by President Salva Kiir claiming that the parties collegially reached an agreement on the allocation of states as provided for in the revitalized peace agreement. The presidency issued a communiqué on Thursday saying Kiir and Machar had reached an agreement on the allocation of state governors. The statement […]
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May 7, 2020 (SSNN) — A South Sudan rights group has condemned the ongoing renewal of fighting in the country’s Central Equatoria state urging the parties to find a peaceful mean of resolving their disputes. This comes after reports that the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and SPLA-IO launched fresh attacks against holdout opposition groups in parts of Central […]
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May 7, 2020 (SSNN) — Members of the incumbent Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) from across South Sudan’s Greater Equatoria states on Thursday met the country’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar, his office said. James Gatdet Dak, the Press Secretary at Machar’s office said in a statement that the delegation discussed range of issues including the the implementation of […]
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Press statement May 3, 2020(SSNN) — Despite the partial formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity(R-TGONU), the stalemate in implementing crucial elements of the National Government such as the formation of State governments, the Reconstitution of National Parliament and incorporation of the amended transitional constitution have significantly contributed to the intercommunal conflicts happening in Jonglei and the […]
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May 1, 2020 (SSNN) – The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has been urged to renew South Sudan’s arms embargo which was imposed on the world’s youngest nation in July 2018 months before a peace agreement to end the seven-year-old conflict could be signed. Deprose Muchena, the Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa said if the African Union […]
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April 27, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s former deputy minister of defense and veterans affairs, Lt. Gen. David Yauyau, who was supposed to be airlifted from his hometown of Pibor yesterday, April 26, 2020, was reportedly seen this morning, 27 April 2020, in Bor town, Jonglei State. According to earlier report from South Sudan’s Jonglei State capital, Lt. Gen. David Yauyau, […]
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South Sudan’s High-Level Taskforce, the body that oversees COVID-19 pandemic in the country, grants a “Special Permission” to unnamed charter plane to pick up the notorious general Lt. Gen. David Yau Yau from his hometown of Pibor to Juba
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April 20, 2020(SSNN) — Responding to defection of SPLM/A(IO) senior politicians led by Hon. Dak Duop Bichiok, a group of Eastern Jikany Nuer politicians have spoken. The group cited a conference held by Hon. Dak Duop on April 16, 2020 and condemn it in the strongest terms possible. “Given the totality of the circumstances under which the defection was declared, […]
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April 12, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s deputy Minister of Interior, Hon. Mabior Garang de Mabior, urges his fellow politicians not to politicize residency of the internally displaced persons(IDPs) at their current UN-based protection sites in pretext of fighting for their health and safety from the Coronavirus. Hon. Mabior warns that COVID-19 is a Global Pandemic that people should take more […]
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April 12, 2020(SSNN) — James Gatdet Dak, a former Spokesman to Dr. Riek Machar Teny, hints that he is still the “Official Spokesman” of the country’s First Vice President, a position that he has not held for more than 3 years. Publicly responding to anecdotal claims from private conversations with friends, Dak said he has not been removed as the […]
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London, U.K, April 5, 2020(SSNN) — Latest reports from London confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been rushed to London hospital this Sunday evening over “persistent symptoms” of COVID-19 that include fever. According to his family, this is a “precautionary step” that was advised by his doctor. “On the advice of his doctor, the prime minister has tonight been […]
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April 4, 2020(SSNN) — While standing as the eighth country with the most confirmed number of cases so far, the United Kingdom has registered at least 4, 313 death out of 41, 903 confirmed cases. Among the deads are the three senior African-British surgeons Dr. Adil El Tayar, Dr. Alfa Saadi and Dr. Amged El Hawrani. According to a […]
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April 3, 2020 (SSNN) — Sudanese government on Thursday put the deportation of a South Sudanese rebel commander on hold over the outbreak of the coronavirus, a senior security official said from Khartoum on Friday. The deportation, the official said, was scheduled for today, of four South Sudanese rebel officer captured in January in the country’s capital Khartoum would have […]
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President Kiir’s Associates Tied to 32 Mining Companies; High-Level Corruption in Minerals Sector Risks Fueling Armed Conflict, Report Warns, Press Release, By The Sentry April 2, 2020 (Washington, DC) – At a time when South Sudan’s government most needs to generate resources for urgent public health-related challenges including the Covid-19 pandemic, one of its promising revenue streams is beset by mismanagement and […]
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By Gabriel Matut Maliah April 2, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan government needs to lockdown the whole country to prevent and stop coronavirus spread. All the ten states plus the three administrative areas should be in total lockdown to fight the spread of the coronavirus especially the bordering states to our neighboring countries. It is not a joke as I […]
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April 2, Juba, April 2, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan National Democratic Movement (NDM) chairman, Dr. Lam Akol, has hinted that he may forge a new alliance with stronger oppositions in the country to strengthen his fight for democratic change and reforms in the world’s youngest nation. Speaking to South Sudan based Al Maugif on March 27th, Akol admits that he […]
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